According to Silicon Image, the SiI5733 addresses the risk of data theft from a stolen or lost drive by locking the drive to the host (HDTV, DVR, STB or PC) automatically. If the external drive is removed from the original host, it is inaccessible until reconnected to the same host. There are no passwords to remember, as a unique hidden password is burned into each storage processor.

All SteelVine storage processor SATA ports operate at 3Gbps and comply with the eSATA Gen2m portions of the SATA 2.5 specifications.

The SiI5733 is expected to be available in March 2007 with volume pricing less than Rs.226.60 ($5).

What is a processor?
Refers to a system that accepts a program as input, prepares it for execution and executes the process defined with data to produce results. Can be a short term for a microprocessor or central processing unit (CPU) in computer.